Nigel Pennick is an authority on ancient belief systems, traditions, runes, and geomancy and has traveled and lectured extensively in Europe and the United States. He is the author and illustrator of more than 50 books, including The Pagan Book of Days. The founder of the Institute of Geomantic Research and the Library of the European Tradition, he lives near Cambridge, England.
INTRODUCTION
Our Picture of Past Times
CHAPTER 1
The Kingdom of Northumbria
A Brief History
CHAPTER 2
The Spirit Landscape of Northumbria
CHAPTER 3
Northumbrian Geomancy
The Year, Time, and Space
CHAPTER 4
Runes and Consciousness
Weaving the Web of Wyrd
CHAPTER 5
The Runes of Northumbria
CHAPTER 6
The First Airt of the Northumbrian Runes
CHAPTER 7
The Second Airt of the Northumbrian Runes
CHAPTER 8
The Third Airt of the Northumbrian Runes
CHAPTER 9
The Fourth Airt of the Northumbrian Runes
CHAPTER 10
Runes in Magic and Encryption
CHAPTER 11
Magical Symbols and Artifacts of Old Northumbria
CHAPTER 12
Ing
Legendary and Magical History
CHAPTER 13
Yr
The Outlaw Archers
CHAPTER 14
Otherworldly Beings of the Northumbrian Landscape
Boggarts, Hobs, Brownies, and Bogeymen
POSTSCRIPT
Ancestral Treasures
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
